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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Tram 40 waiting in Sturt St, 19-9-1971
Image of Ballarat tram 40 in Sturt St at the City centre, with the Town Hall in the background on the last day of tramway operation by the SECV in Ballarat 19-9-1971Yields information about the last day of operation of the Ballarat SEC tramways.Digital image - 120 negative tramways, tramcars, ballarat, last day, closure, tram 40, sturt st, town hall -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, No 35 waiting at Sebastopol - destination City, 19-9-1971
No 35 waiting at Sebastopol destination City with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background. Taken on the last day of operation of the SEC Ballarat tramway system - 19-9-1971. Yields information about the last day of operation of the Ballarat SEC tramways.Digital image - 120 negative tramways, tramcars, ballarat, last day, closure, tram 35, royal mail hotel, sebastopol -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Side panel from tram 35, 5/9/2023
Digital image of one of the side panels from tram 35, on display in the Ballarat Tramway Museum, new building. Photo by Peter Knife 5/9/2023.Yields information about former Ballarat tram 35.Digital image of one of the side panels from tram 35.tramways, tramcars, btm, tram 35, displays, tramcar part -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, "Jelbart Road Roller"
Instruction of starting, adjustments, fuel, speed, operation, maintenance, air valve timing, and lubrication of the SEC Jelbart Road Roller. This item is now at the Bylands Tramway Museum.Yields information about the operation of the SECV Ballarat Road roller supplied by Jelbart.Four quarto sheets, stapled in top left hand corner.secv, ballarat, jelbart, instructions, road roller -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Badge - PMTT Malvern depot Centenary, 2010
Features the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust logo or monogram, with the organisation name and "Malvern Depot 1910 - 2010" on the base. Made to celebrate the centenary by the Committee that arranged the event.Demonstrates an item made to celebrate the centenary of the Malvern Tram depot and the commencement of PMTT operations.Badge on a brass backing with a retaining spring button around a pin. Lettered for the PMTT Malvern Depot Centenary in 2010.tramways, centenary, malvern depot, pmtt -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 colour prints, PMTT Cable pillar box, 3/1990
The colour prints show a Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust - PMTT electrical switching or cable pillar box in City Road, near Queensbridge St, South Melbourne.Yields information about a former PMTT Electrical switch boxSet of 2 colour prints on Crystal Archive paper and 35mm negatives.tramways, pmtt, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, electrical switching, switch box -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White, Tram 671 Preston Workshops, 1976
Black and white print of W4 671 at Preston Workshops. Alongside the tram is a Z-class tram. Tram 671 was sold to the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society in 1976.Yields information about W4 671 prior to its disposal.Black and White photograph - printed on plain paper with photographers stamp on rear.Has stamp of David Menzies on rear. and in ink "W4 671"tramways, trams, mmtb, z class, w4 class, tram 671 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - First tram to Mont Albert, 1916
Photograph shows a maximum traction tram at the new Mont Albert tram terminus, 30-9-1916 by the Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust (PMTT). Photo by A Bailey.Yields information about the opening of the tram line to Mont Albert in 1916Black and White photograph of the first tram to Mont Albert printed on Kodak paper.tramways, trams, new tramways, mont albert, pmtt, opening -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Trams 34 and MTT 1 at AETM St Kilda SA, c1975
The photograph show SEC Ballarat tram No. 34 and Adelaide MTT No 1 on the AETM St Kilda Adelaide tramway museum track c1975. Photo and date unknown.Yields information about tram 34 at AETM Adelaide in 1975.Black and white print on plain papertramcars, tram 34, aetm, adelaide, tram 1, mtt -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Memorandum, "Air Training Corps March", Oct. 1943
Details the arrangements for a "Air Training Corps March" on Saturday 23/10/1943 in connection with the fourth liberty loan. Published by the City of Melbourne. details tramway arrangements.Demonstrates a document by the City of Melbourne detailing the arrangements for a Parade through city streets.Memorandum - 4 foolscap sheets, duplicatedNotations written in pencil on memo pinned in top left hand corner.trams, tramways, events, parades, liberty loan -
Puffing Billy Railway
Benwerrin Coal Company Coal Skip, circa 1899 - 1904
BENWERRIN COAL COMPANY SKIP This quarter ton coal truck or skip was used at a small mine situated at Benwerrin near Deans Marsh in Victoria’s Otway Ranges. The mine first opened in 1899 and closed in 1904. With the fuel shortages due to World War 2, the Benwerrin Coal Company reopened the mine in 1941. The coal was loaded into skips and winched out of Box’s Creek valley on a narrow gauge incline to a loading point that was close to the Deans Marsh-Lorne Road. It was then taken by road to the Deans Marsh Railway station. The average gradient of the tramway was 1 in 4 over a length of just under 500 metres (1600 feet). The gauge of the tramway has often been referred to as 375mm (or 15 inches) as shown on the map opposite taken from “Sawdust and Steam”. However, actual measurements of the wheels show the gauge to be 400mm (or 16 inches), which is quite unusual as is the small size of the skip itself. The mine produced up to 30 tonnes of brown coal each week until it closed in 1949 and the incline tramway and its skips were abandoned. Preservation of this coal truck came as a result of interest by the Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV) in the Barlow or Box type rails that it ran on. These rails had originally come from the Beaumaris Horse Tramway and were obtained by the Benwerrin Coal Company from Hayden Bros’ abandoned timber tramway at nearby Barwon Downs. Members of the TMSV visited the mine in the 1960s only to find that most of the tramway had recently been recovered for scrap. There remained a significant number of relics around the mine adits including most of the skips. One of these remained in good condition and it was recovered for preservation in May 1967. It was restored but never displayed and a second restoration took place by the author over 2012/13 so that it could be placed in the Menzies Creek Museum where it was delivered in February 2013. Little remains of the mine today with trestles and sleepers destroyed in the “Ash Wednesday” Bushfires in 1983. References: Houghton, N (1975), Sawdust and Steam, Light Railway Research Society of Australia. Historic - Industrial Narrow Gauge Railway - Benwerrin Coal Company , Benwerrin , Victoria, AustraliaCoal Skip - made of Iron sheet and wrought iron frame & wheelsB,C.Co Melbournepuffing billy, coal skip, benwerrin coal company, narrow gauge -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, "Tug-of-war over a veteran tram", 24/10/1972
At the time this caused great concern amongst tramway museums. The problem was later resolved by the Bendigo Trust rebuilding a former scrapped Bendigo Birney tramcar No. 27, partly paid for by the Government for the Adelaide Museum. This tram, Adelaide MTT 1924 G-Type No. 303 is operational at the St Kilda Tramway Museum, Adelaide. Other museums did not receive their promised tramcars. Published by The Sun, Melbourne, 24-10-1972. See item 9126 for the Bendigo Advertiser report of the same date.Provides information about an event following the closure of the SEC operated Bendigo tram system.Newspaper clipping torn from a newspaper.tramcars, birney, bendigo trust, adelaide, tram 303, tram 27 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, "Creation of a state electricity Commission"
Report titled "Creation of a State Electricity Commission", and "History of Provincial tramways before Act No. 3845 - 1929". Outlines the context of the SEC Act of 1919 which did not include tramway operation by the power or electricity supply authority - was seen as a Municipal concern. Gives the alternatives that were considered, including the agreement with the Municipal Councils of Geelong, Ballarat, and Bendigo. Notes the operation of urban omnibus services and the issues of the lack of municipal supervision, though later on this occurred through the Transport Regulation Board.Yields information about the operation of the Provincial tramways under the control of the SECV.Five foolscap sheets, carbon copycouncils, secv, buses, ballarat, bendigo, geelong, trb -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, "Description of the Provincial Tramways when taken over"
Document - full title - Provincial Tramways - "Description of the Provincial Tramways when taken over by the State Electricity Commission" looks at the condition of the Ballarat and Bendigo systems at the time compared to that of Geelong. The handwritten note records the impact of the closure of the gold mines in the two cities. Records that Bendigo received more investment in track and tramcars than did Ballarat. Includes notes on the condition of the track, issues with tramcars and insulation of the tramcars at the time, and the purchase of second-hand tramcars from Melbourne.Yields information about the operation of the Provincial tramways before the takeover by the SECV.Two foolscap sheets, carbon copyHas an ink addition in the top left hand corner.secv, ballarat, bendigo, geelong, mesco, esco, tramways, tramcars, operations -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White Coburg Horse Tram - Sydney Road at Warren's Corner
Photograph shows a horse tram in Sydney Road, Bell Street at Warren's Corner. This tramline was operated by the Northern Tramway Co. from 1889 to 1915 when it was closed and the line electrified by the Melbourne Brunswick and Coburg Tramways Trust to build their lines. See the reference for an extensive history of this horse tram line and the second reference for the City of Moreland about the history of this location. On the right hand side of the photo is "C & H Warren Bakers & Grocers" The Hotel on the corner is currently (2022), Browns Corner Hotel.Yields information about the Coburg horse tram and the streetscape. Black and White photograph of a horse tram in Sydney Road, Coburg at Warren's Corner.northern tramway co, horse trams, coburg, sydney road, trams, tramways, warren baker grocer -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Tickets - Sandringham Tramway - Middle Brighton to Bluff Road and Royal Ave, 1930s?
Tickets were produced to enable first-class travel from Middle Brighton Railways station to Sandringham and then by Electric Tramway from Sandringham Railway Station to the corner of Bluff Road and Royal Ave. The ticket colours indicated to station staff, Inspectors, and conductors the nature of the ticket and its availability These tickets were purchased by the donor in 1970 long after the tramway had closed and travel classes were abolished on the suburban railways. They were available for use on the replacement bus service. Yields information about the type of ticket that was issued to enable rail/tram travel on the Victorian Railways and their tramways.Set of two Edmondson style card or pasteboard Victorian Railways return tickets for travel between Middle Brighton and Bluff Road and Royal Ave. Both date stamped 15 June 1970. .1 - Adult - 1st class - No. 1365 .2 - Child - 1st class - No. 00143Both date stamped on rear "!5 June 1970"tramways, trams, tickets, victorian railways, sandringham, black rock tramway, bluff road -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 25/01/1978 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Bendigo trams, ladies fashions in the late 1950's.Black and white print of Bendigo Trust 25 at the depot. Two copies. Photo by Doug Colquhoun, 25/1/1978. The tram is in the Bendigo Trust "Talking Tram" livery, with two Roof Advertisements "Gas the Good Flame" and Myers/ Tram has the destination of "Special" Photo print courtesy of Port Dock Railway Museum, now the National Railway Museum. See worksheet 4311 for letter and details of prints sent to Bill Scott, 19/10/2001. Any photo credit to mention NRM Collection.On rear of copy 1 "Bendigo Tramways / 25 / Depot / 25/1/1978 6529 / D.A. Colquhoun" . Copy 2 in ink "DAC" in the bottom right hand corner.trams, tramways, bendigo trust, depot, tram 25 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 8/08/1943 12:00:00 AM
Black and White copy print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Old Steam tram depot building, Mollison St Bendigo, 8 August 1943, Photo Wal Jack. At the time of the photograph, the building was used by the Bendigo Timber Co. i1 - scan of print in the album i2 - rear of image i3 - scan of negative at 3200dpi added 6/6/2020..1 - On rear in ink "The old depot of the Bendigo Tramways Co. Ltd. Mollison St Bendigo 4-8-43". Has Wal Jack copyright stamp on print. trams, tramways, bendigo, steam trams, depot -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, 15/02/1944 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about Victoria St and Ballarat trams during the mid 1940's.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of Ballarat No. 18 inbound to the city in Victoria St, Photo by Wal Jack 15-2-1944. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. See image i2 for rear of photograph.In ink on rear "Ballarat Tramways No. 20 in Victoria St 15-2-1944" and "W. Jack stamp " in bottom right hand corner with "neg to R. Field" notation.trams, tramways, victoria st, tram 20 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative record - Memorandum, "Tramways - Sebastopol Centenary Tram", 28/10/1964 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the painting of tram 18 and the use of the lamps during the Sebastopol Centenary., Yields information about the painting of tram 18 and the use of the lamps during the Sebastopol Centenary.Memorandum on Electricity Supply Department letterhead, quarto, from the Branch Manager, F K White to the Acting Branch Tramways Superintendent, dated 28/10/1964 with a copy to the Depot Foreman, titled "Tramways - Sebastopol Centenary Tram", about the decoration of tram 18 for the Centenary event. Tram had been given the number "100" temporarily, and about the control of the lighting circuits. Stamped "F. K. White"trams, tramways, sebastopol, centenary, tram numbering, lights, tramcars, drivers -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, "The trams, the shed; what we have left?", 15/09/1970 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the history of the demise of the Ballarat system and what was left and the future outlook.Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, titled "The trams, the shed; what we have left?", Editorial of Tuesday 15/9/1970, about the muted Government proposal to close the tramway system in Ballarat. Notes Mr. H. Bell's trolley bus proposal, state government issues in Parliament, tramway loses, Victorian Government politics, Country Roads Board and the possible sale of the tram shed.closure, city of ballaarat, sec, depot, parliament, trolley buses -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Certificate, COTMA membership certificate for 1999/2000, c9/1999
A4 size certificate on mottled grey paper with dark blue board with the Council of Tramway Museums of Australasia (COTMA) logo in background, then printed to certify that the Ballarat Tramway Museum is a member of COTMA for the year 1999/2000. Has been signed by Lindsay Richardson as Chairman and Craig Tooke at Executive Officer. Presented to the BTM at the Museum's 1999 AGM - see photo in November 1999 issue of Fares Please!Signed in black ink by Lindsay Richardson and Craig Tooketramways, trams, cotma, certificates, btm -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Timetable, Timetable Card . Brisbane 1940, 1940
Pocket or wallet size timetable card for the Brisbane Tramway's Red Hill - Stafford line (Northside) line, used by Brisbane City Council, Tramways and Powerhouse Department - Jan. 28, 1940. Gives 1st and last cars from terminals and last car from City. On bottom of each card has an advertisement for :"Myers - Devey Cash Orders". Record images added 20/8/2013.brisbane trams, timetables, commerce -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, "Public Transport Today; A brief World Survey", late 1960's early 1970's
Twenty page booklet, centre stapled, printed with photographs on glossy paper, titled "Public Transport Today; A brief World Survey", by F. Andrews of Queensland, late 1960's early 1970's. Looks at the current developments in light rail, tramways, transit lines, in North America, Continental Europe and the future in public transport. Has many photographs of tramways and tramcars. Two copies held.trams, tramways, public transport, tramways, europe, usa, canada -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, "Growing Pains", Oct. 2019
"Growing Pains" by Sue Hewitt Article from the RACV magazine Royalauto about Melbourne's road congestion. Although the article doesn't mention trams it features two photos of the St Kilda Rd tramways. First photo from 1925 shows construction of tramway at St Kilda Rd and Domain Road. Second photo shows Metro Tunnel Project's ANZAC station at same intersection in 2019.trams, tramways, track construction, trackwork, track laying, metro tunnel, anzac station, domain junction -
Creswick Campus Historical Collection - University of Melbourne
Poster - VSF Student display project, 1928-1931
Mounted display board of photographs and captions depicting silvicultural cutting and timber extraction from 1928 to 1931 at Wellsford, Powelltown and Noojee. Includes Timber Tramway locomotives and bridges.Mounted display -
City of Ballarat Libraries
Photograph - Card Box Photographs, Decorated Tram, Ballarat 1938
Decorated tram celebrating the Ballarat Centenary outside of the National Mutual building in Sturt Street. Shows the tram driver, Arthur Hugo who went on to become a Tramways Inspector.arthur hugo, tram, ballarat centenary, vehicle, public -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White - S class 160 and 169 at Coburg Depot, Ray Pearson, 1930?
Photo shows two of the trams built for the Melbourne Brunswick & Coburg Tramways Trust in 1916 in the Coburg depot yard. The trams were renumbered following a takeover by the MMTB in 1920. Yields information about S class trams.Black and White Photograph - S class 160 and 169 at Coburg DepotOn rear in ink - "MMTB S160 & 169 – Coburg Depot – Ray Pearsontramways, trams, s class, tram 160, tram 169, coburg depot -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Bendigo 17 and Ballarat 28 - 100 years of electric trams, 25/9/2005
Set of three photographs of Bendigo 17 and Ballarat 28 - on the celebration of 100 years of electric trams by the Ballarat Tramway Museum on 25-5-2024. Photo by Steven Altham.Yields information about the trams used to celebrate the 100 years of electric trams in Ballarat.Set of three Colour prints with photographers notes on the rear.In ink on all "25-9-05 and Steven Altham"tramcars, tramways, 100 years of electric trams, tram 17, tram 28, wendouree parade, btm -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Negative - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: NEGATIVES UNITED DEVONSHIRE MINE
Envelope with two ( joined) negatives of United Devonshire Mine enclosed. Written on envelope in pen: 'negatives United Devonshire' Negatives show mine buildings, tramway, poppet head.bendigo, mining, united devonshire